5 Albert Street, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8HY

5 Albert Street is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Markyate, St. Albans, St Albans (AL3 8HY). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record.

Across 2002–2026, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £637,000 is 10% below the 2026 sale of £708,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 39.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (79 m² across 14 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold June 2026 for £708,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2022.